The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 1

N DAKOTA'S OLD NEWSPAPER BISMARCK BOOSTERS |RUM SMUGGLERS SPEED UP AS GRAIN STORAGE BILL ~ HBARPAST, PRESENT | - DETROIT RIVER FREEZES OVER \ppps INFORMATION * DEVELOPMENT PLAN|[ A New 0.ttenry | BEFORE INTRODUCING Vore Than 220 Citizens Listen Moisture Tests Considered as to Report of Bismarck’s Kindred Problems to Issu- Greatest Program ance of Certificates URGE COMMUNITY BUILDING Customs Patrol Chief and Dozen of His Men Aid Runners by Quitting Jobs SPECTATORS WATCH WORK Automobiles, Sleighs, Tobog- gans and Boats Throng Icy Boundary Stretch TICKET PROBLEM APPEARS Senate State Affairs Commit- tee Decides to Study All Measures at One Time Association of Commerce Is “Major Factor in Growth of ‘ City in Past 10 Years Like an army preparing for con- quest, the business forces of the com- munity assembled to learn orders for the annual drive toward a greater Bismarck, Wednesday evening in the Grand Pacific dining room, in the yearly meeting of the Association of Commerce. ‘There were more than 200 persons present. It.was the finest and largest meeting ever held by the association. It marked the relinquishment of the presidency by 8. W. Corwin and the assumption of the office by J. C. Taylor, his successor. The retiring president reviewed the Toronto, Ont., Jan. 24.—()—Oppor- tunities afforded liquor smugglers by | the frozen Detroit river were described by the Toronto Globe today as fol- lows: Six inches of river ice interrupted by less than 100 feet of open water, coupled with the fact that Sumner C. Sleeper, chief of the Detroit customs patrol, and a dozen of his men had thrown up their jobs, presented to smugglers an opportunity which they have been denied for many months. The smugglers speeded up produc- tion and by using small automobiles, sleighs and even old fashioned tobog- gans succeeded in transporting an un- determined quantity of liquor and Canadian beer to Detroit and its en- virons. The operations were carried on in sight of spectators who lined the shores to watch the progress of the Scores of caravans over the frozen waste, In several instances small cars were 2 observed hitched to eatchien steel In Ohio they are calling John L,|‘unners which whisked them across Murphy (above), recently paroled |{2 express time. When the open from the Ohio state penitentiary so | Stretch of water was encountered the that he might+ continue his writing, boats were utilized. Further down the “g new O. Henry.” In two and a half |Tiver the ice was solid all the way across and the boats were dispensed with. On the Detroit side large vans labeled furniture and express were observed speeding away from the riv- er within a few minutes after a cargo had landed. There was no attempt at interference at any time so far as Teported. the bill providing for grain storage on e bill pro lor on farms will be ready for presentation to the legislature, Governor George F. Shafer said today. At a conference yesterday with rep- resentatives of the Farmers Union, the question of making moisture tests of grain was considered together with the related problem of what equip- ment and skill is necessary to proper: ly make such tests. It is necessary to determine the moisture content of grain before farm storage certificates are issued, the governor said, since the moisture content affects the keeping qualities of the grain. Upon the decision on this and some The Farmers Union wants the tickets issued in the field, if possible. The governor is indifferent on this point, his only requisite being that the tickets show that the kind and qual- ity of grain and that it is fit for stor- to be sure that the represented on the en the time con-es to F f ih E In one place a small rowboat piled ic scistnc ah orzieantay high with beer cartons was having "The meeting began trouble picking its way through the At two tables the length of ings eatiala: stttiebe ‘ore the members dns aetia four men in the boat and each poled manfully to get his little craft, through. ELECTRIC RATE WAR LAUNGHED-AS SLOPE DWIGHT W. MORROW “KEEPS MEXICO POST Hoover and Ambassador Him- self Take View That Work in Neighbor Nation Remains Public Utilities in North Dakota to Be Attacked in the Legislature Mountrail county. Hamilton and others said the money feature of the bill is not as important as the development of a system of or- derly marketing but Senator Walter Bond, Ward county, insisted that it is {Of prime importance that farmers be enabled to obtain money on stored grain and that, to be effective, cor- Porations who would be expected to loan the money must be satisfied with the bill. O. H. Olson, Eddy county, said the storage and marketing problems are the most important before the legis- lature and that people are looking to the legislature for farm relief. Charges that public utiles of the state are charging electric rat based wholly on what they can} Miami Beach, Fla. Jan. 24.—vP}— rates based wholly on what they can| Dwight W. Morrow is to return to make the consumer pay will be made ; Mexico City soon and remain as am- the basis of legislation to be of- | bassador ly the entertain- fered soon to the legislative assembly. ires condi =| Representatives of 15 cities and vil- Tulttee headed by Wr 6 nets ne ans | ages, at @ mecting in. Mandan last Labor it, formed @ league of municipal- ites of the Missouri group |¢lection, Mr. Morrow’s name has ap- peared in the gossip as to the possi- appointment for secretary of to succeed 8B. age of $15 Would Yield _ $3,000,000 Extra Income. . Valley City, N. D., Jan. 24—(>)— Ihagreaned mekon' sebldle wceton . Secure for Bismarck = Cultivate more vigorously Cooperate traffic and ‘Use more Serapaial cane Be te Association of Commerce’s 1929 Activities suitable community building North Dakota corn show, poultry show, auto- accommodation of the le ventions and public NO oceh eipmaien ath the cle ar, by other meet tine contioued and inoreesing attention to the development of e increasing the systems leading into Bismarck and extending into her ~ ‘ possible to make Bismarck s more attractive | the elty comission: in an effort to improve our etforts to secure for Bismarck industries, JOHN LEE COULTER AIDS CAMPAIGN FOR HIGH FARM TARIFFS Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Flax- seed, Corn, Potato, and Clover Duties Asked EXPECT TO OBTAIN RELIEF Burtness Tells House Ways and Means Committee That Move Has Support in Congress Washington, Jan. 24.—()—Open- ing the drive of the farmers for higher tariff protection for livestock and agricultural products, Represent- ative Selvig, Republican, Minnesota, urged the house ways and means committee today to increase duties cn livestock, dairy and poultry products, flaxseed, corn, potatoes and putato starch, rutabagas and clover szeds. He said the farmers were lcoking hopefully to congress for such relief “== ] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1929 AMERICAN SEA HERO RESCUES FREIGHTER CR MERCURY FALLS DOWN TO 55 DEGREES BELOW IN MONTANA Butte Hit Hard by Cold Wave; Tales of Hardship and Suffering Told STATE ROADS ARE OPEN 11 Die in Northwestern States as Result of Week's Severe Storms Fifty-five degrees below zero in Butte, Mont., yesterday! Bismarck yesterday and this morn- ing had a figurative nice summer's day in comparison to Butte. Twenty-four degrees below zero was Bismarck’s coldest yesterday, and at one time the temperature rose to 9 below. Tales of suffering and hardship Guring Tuesday's blizzard. which took five lives in the northwest Tuesday, were told today as travelers returned to their homes. All of North Dakota's main high- ‘ways are open today though most of the branch roads are blocked by snowdrifts, according to highway re- and encouragement as can be given} ports. through the tariff and that the farm- ers expect to obtain for agriculture protection equal to that of any other American industry. Selvig said the United. States imports sufficient farm Froduce to displace the production of about 70,000,000 acres, or about 4% times the cultivated area of his home state. J. 8. Nontgomery, general manager of the Central Cooperative associa- tion of South St. Paul, Minn., in urg- ing increased cattle and nicat duties, asserted if the embargo against Ar- gentina were raised, dealers there could undersell domestic producers in the New York market from $6 to $8 per hundredweight on beef cattle. Dr. John Lee Coulter, Fargo, N. D., President of the recently organized Northwest Agricultural Foundation, comprising farm interests of Minne- sota, Montana and the two Dakotas, informed the committee that repre- sentatives of this foundation would appear in support of changes in duties on wheat, butter, barley, rye, corn, oats, screenings, flaxseed and potatoes. These items will be reach later. S ‘The foundation's proposals, Repre- sentative Burtness, Republican, North Dakota, notifed the committee, have the support of.15 of. 18-members: of Congress from the fouk:western states. CLERK ROBBED: AND CLUBBED 70 DEATH Chicago, Jan. 24.—(7)—Miss Laura Buchholz, 26, a clerk, was clubbed to death and robbed a block from her home on Nikaggh 123rd re as she was returning from work last night. Her slayer escaped. The only witness was Mrs. Grace Hanley, a school teacher, who said she heard a girl’s scream and looked from her window in time to see “a man in a dark overcoat” dragging & woman's body across the street. Apparently frightened by the sound of the window Mrs. Hanley raised, the slayer fled. Physicians found Miss Buc! had been struck twice over the Fg Her purse and hat were missing. [Femers Lake Doctor Is Frozen to Death ——__________-@ Minot, Jan. 24.—()—Dr. W. P. Nel- 2, |$7,500 a year, x —_ for the arck’s trade Do every- center. ‘rede . Bismarck a larger number of club and in every possible way Of the city. : Temperature in Bismarck at 7 a. m. today was 12 degrees below zero, at 9 o'clock it was 18 below, and 9 below at noon. Temperatures in tie state this morning: Grand Forks 14 below; (Continued on page eleven) ABSENT VOTERS LAW REPEAL MEASIRE 1 KILLED BY SENATORS New Medical Science Recogni- tion Asked; 11 Bills Intro- duced in Two Chambers By a vote of 41 to 5 the senate Martin bill putting , the entire state on central stand- ard time. The measure would put that part of the state lying west of the. Tiver on a new schedule. It now has mountain time. Five new bills were introduced, the absent voters law repeal measure was killed and the recognition of a new branch of medical science featured today’s session of the senate. 8ix bills, one appropriating $20,000 for a bridge over Box Elder, a second asking $30,000 for a Red river bridge, and a third reimbursing sheep owners for damage resulting from the attacks of dogs, were the highlights in the house session, By a vote of 38 to 8 the senate today adopted the committee report killing count, to repeal the absent voters law. The vote was taken on Olson’s mo- tion to disapprove the committee re- port and to put the measure on the calendar for passage. On the motion of Senator Lynch, La Moure county, the rule regarding the manner in which bills are to be printed was referred back to the rules committee. - New Medical Scienze A bill recognizing a new branch of medical science was presented in the senate by Senator Patterson, Renville county. ‘The measure provides for the ap- pointment of a state board of natur- Opathy examiners and specifies rules for its operation and restrictions upon activities of naturopath practitioners. The bill defines naturopathy as the use of psychological, mechanical and material health sciences to aid in purifying, cleansing and ni human tissues for preservation or res- the bill offered by C. J. Olson, mir | PRICE FIVE CENTS) FOILED SECOND TIME. BY CAPTAINOR LINER 32 Men on Sinking Italian Ves: - "gel Saved by Man Who Res- cued Antinoe’s Crew ° Says Rich Hubby | Denied Her Dime | | to Look at Moon | TWO OTHER SHIPS FAILED America’s Feat Emphasized by Fact That Two Nearer Ships Sought Craft in Vain New York, Jan. 24.—(7)—' seg for Sanaa time in a battle e sea, Cal George Fried United States liner headed toward port today with rescued crew of the Italian freig! Florida. “Rescued full crew Florida. Total charge. Whole westerly gale. boats lost. Details later.” These stacatto sentences of Cap- tain Fried’s message to the United d States lines last night told the essen- | ; tials of the happy ending of a grim | |drama of the wintry Atlantic which i opened when the America began her 350-mile race with death Tuesday. \ . Charging that her wealthy husband refused to give her a dime on their Florida honeymoon trip so she could look at the moon through a telescope, Mrs. Alice Jackson, 42, of Cleveland, hhas sued for divorce from Arthur W. Jackson, 54, after three weeks of married life. Mrs. Jackson says her husband, said to be worth $500,000, refuse! to give her a dime to see the moon because Beak only a quarter BISMARCK-MANDAN AUTO SHOW DATES SBT FOR FEBRUARY Third Annual Exposition Will Be Held in State Training School Gymnasium day and a night on his mission mercy. “Am standing by the 8. 8. Florida.” The long vigil kept by shore stations to learn the outcome of from the threat of death was re- warded by that. terse message at 9 p.m : Feel Way in Darkness Before that there had been Feb. 21, 22, and 23 have been chosen as the dates for the third annual automobile show of the Bismarck- Mandan Automobile Dealers’ associ- ation, it is announced today. The show will be held.in the state train- ine school gymnasium, Mandah, inking vessel was emphasized by the fact that two other ships nearer at hand had been unable to locate her and had ™een forced to abandon the Taking first action in preparation for what is expected to be the asso- ciation’s greatest show, Jack Fleck, president of the organization, yester- day appointed finance, advertising, entertainment, and decorations com: mittees to begin immediate work on the details of the event. Fred Cope- lin, Bismarck, is secretary of the as- sociation. Novel entertainment and special features will be included in this year’s show, according to Mr. Copelin. Committees appointed by Fleck follow: Finance—M. B, Gilman and E. N. Hedahl, both of Bismarck. Advertising—Theodore Quanrud, F. M. Davis, W. E. Lahr, and Ray V. Stair, all of Bismarck; and D. C. Scothorn and F. C. R. Schultz, both of Mandan, Entertainment—F. A. Copelin, A. E. Brink, N. O. Churchill, and Chris Bertsch, all of Bismarck. Decorations—S. W. Corwin and M. O. Steen, Bismarck; and Nick Leintz toration of health according to the fundamental principals of anatomy, Physiology and applied psychology. Judges’ Salaries Up Senators Cain, Sterk county, and Sathre, Steele county, presented a bill to increase the salaries of distric' nd supreme court judges $2,000 each, making the supreme court salary and district court Judges $6,000. ~ Senator Van Arnam, Cass county, Presented a bill fixing the civil lia- bality of persons who permit diseased hogs to run at large, or who sell such hogs or offer them for sale. Viola- tion of the law is made & misde- meanor. Senator Cain offered a bill which breach of contract, and makes it un- (Continued on page eleven) Driscoll Man Has and H. F. Hoeft, both of Mandan. The association will meet again at the Bismarck Association of Com- merce rooms at 8:30 p. m. Monday to consider further details, Mr. Copelin UNIFORM AIRCRAFT ACT IS COMPLETED Proposed Bill to Be Introduced in Many State Legisla- tures by Harding Completion of a uniform act for the regulation of aircraft was a nounced here Sonay. oF. chairman of a spec’ and public utility com- to do this work. uniform bill may be the legislatures . of